MUTUAL INFLUENCES OF INDONESIAN AND DUTCH PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES

Abstract

The relationship between Pentecostalchurches in the Netherlands and Indonesia has long takenplace as one can see it happen since before the independenceof Indonesia. But, what is going on in that relationship hashardly been discussed academically. As a result of a research on the theme, this article tries to fill the gap. The historical past is discussed in periodical frame. While revealing eventsand names of prominent people in the past, this article alsotouches the overriding theological thoughts. It shows that not only the Dutch instills influences into the Indonesian, but, the opposite is also true, the Indonesian brings changesto the Ducth Pentecostal churches.